The Role of Coping in the Wellbeing and Work-Related Quality of Life of UK Health and Social Care Workers during COVID-19

Paula Mc Fadden; Jana Ross; John Moriarty; John Mallett; Heike  Schröder; Jermaine Ravalier; Jill Manthorpe; Denise Currie; Jaclyn Harron; Patricia Mackin (now Gillen)

doi:10.3390/ijerph18020815

The Role of Coping in the Wellbeing and Work-Related Quality of Life of UK Health and Social Care Workers during COVID-19

Paula Mc Fadden
, Jana Ross
, John Moriarty
, John Mallett
, Heike Schröder
, Jermaine Ravalier
, Jill Manthorpe
, Denise Currie
, Jaclyn Harron
, Patricia Mackin (now Gillen)

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Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a global pandemic in early 2020. Due to the rapid spread of the virus and limited availability of effective treatments, health and social care systems worldwide quickly became overwhelmed. Such stressful circumstances are likely to have negative impacts on health and social care workers’ wellbeing. The current study examined the relationship between coping strategies and wellbeing and quality of working life in nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, social care workers and social workers who worked in health and social care in the UK during its first wave of COVID-19. Data were collected using an anonymous online survey (N = 3425), and regression analyses were used to examine the associations of coping strategies and demographic characteristics with staff wellbeing and quality of working life. The results showed that positive coping strategies, particularly active coping and help-seeking, were associated with higher wellbeing and better quality of working life. Negative coping strategies, such as avoidance, were risk factors for low wellbeing and worse quality of working life. The results point to the importance of organizational and management support during stressful times, which could include psycho-education and training about active coping and might take the form of workshops designed to equip staff with better coping skills.

Original language	English
Article number	815
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020815
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 19 Jan 2021

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Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by seed funding from the Northern Ireland Social Care Council and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland, and the NIHR Policy Research Programme grant to the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce at King’s College London (grant number NIHR PRP).

Funding Information:
This research was funded by seed funding from the Northern Ireland Social Care Council and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland, and the NIHR Policy Research Programme grant to the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce at King?s College London (grant number NIHR PRP).

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Funding

Funding Information: Funding: This research was funded by seed funding from the Northern Ireland Social Care Council and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland, and the NIHR Policy Research Programme grant to the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce at King’s College London (grant number NIHR PRP). Funding Information: This research was funded by seed funding from the Northern Ireland Social Care Council and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland, and the NIHR Policy Research Programme grant to the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce at King?s College London (grant number NIHR PRP). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Health and social care
Coping
Quality of working life
Wellbeing
COVID-19

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Mc Fadden, P., Ross, J., Moriarty, J., Mallett, J., Schröder, H., Ravalier, J., Manthorpe, J., Currie, D., Harron, J., & Mackin (now Gillen), P. (2021). The Role of Coping in the Wellbeing and Work-Related Quality of Life of UK Health and Social Care Workers during COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(2), 1-15. Article 815. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020815

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The Role of Coping in the Wellbeing and Work-Related Quality of Life of UK Health and Social Care Workers during COVID-19

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